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The American goldfinch is the state bird of Iowa. This list of birds of Iowa includes species documented in the U.S. state of Iowa and accepted by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union (IOU). As of January 2023, there are 433 species included in the official list. [1]
The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [4] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States, American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.
The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only species of hummingbirds that breeds in the eastern U.S. and Iowa, Thomas said. They are just one of about 350 known species of hummingbirds in North and ...
The first comprehensive listing of bird species in Iowa was compiled by Charles Rollin Keyes in 1889 which listed 262 species. [4] The first comprehensive listing of mammals in Iowa was made by Herbert Osborne in 1890. [5]
Look out for birds across Iowa on Thursday night. Hundreds of thousands of birds will fly through the state to head south for the winter.
The affected site in the county was a mixed-species backyard flock, according to a news release from the Iowa Department of Agriculture.
Dewey's Pasture was named as an Iowa Bird Conservation Area in 2006. The wetland bird complex supports locally rare species such as the American bittern . [ 3 ] The complex also supports deer, pheasants, reptiles, amphibians, wetland fish, butterflies, and dragonflies.
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge, located in Kossuth County, Iowa, was established in 1938 to provide a refuge and breeding ground for waterfowl and other migratory birds. The actual slough is all that remains of a pre-glacial riverbed, and its name is derived from the connection or "union" of two watersheds: the Blue Earth River of ...